Ben Cardin

Last week's admission by Michael Cohen that he lied to Congress about a Trump Organization real estate project in Moscow suggests the Russian government may have damaging information about President Donald Trump, a top Democrat said Sunday.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in an appearance on NBC' News' "Meet the Press" that Thursday's guilty plea by Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, raises the question of whether Russia continues to have leverage over Trump.

"Does the Kremlin have a hold on him over other things?" Nadler said. "There certainly was leverage during the campaign period and...

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